We are joining the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (9/28/2020-10/4/2020).
Annamarie’s Reading
Picture Books & Readers:
- ABCs for Girls Like Me by Melanie Goolsby
- ABCs of Kindness by Samantha Berger
- Brown Boy Joy by Thomishia Booker
- Follow Your Dreams, Little One by Vashti Harrison (board book) (biography)
- Grandmother School by Rita Singh
- Grumpy Monkey Up All Night by Suzanne Lang
- Grumpycorn by Sarah McIntyre
- Harlem Grown by Tony Hillery
- Hello, New House by Jane Smith
- If You Go with Your Goat to Vote by Jan Zauzmer
- Jack and the Beanstalk by Carly Gledhill
- Jules vs. the Ocean by Jessie Sima
- Move by Elizabeth Verdick (board book)
- Robobaby by David Wiesner
- Ruby’s Birds by Mya Thompson
- Shark and Hippo by Elliott Kalan
- The Starkeeper by Faith Pray
- Superluminous by Ian De Haes
- The Three Little Yogis and the Wolf Who Lost His Breath: A Fairy Tale to Help You Feel Better by Susan Verde
- Unicorns Are the Worst! by Alex Willan
Everything Else:
- Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Count Me In by Varsha Bajaj
- Find Me! Adventures in the Ocean by Agnese Baruzzi
- Mindy Kim, Class President by Lyla Lee (first chapter)
- Resist! Peaceful Acts That Changed Our World by Diane Stanley
Note: Didn’t read as much this week. I got through my newest stack of picture books and a few longer titles, but my graphic novels and first chapter books are staring at me hopefully from my nightstand.
Make sure to stop by on Tuesdays for short reviews of some of these titles!
Stats for the Week:
- 25 Books Read This Week
- 15 Books with Diverse Main Character (60%)
- 8 Books by Diverse Authors (32%)
- 8 Books by Own Voices Authors (32%) (to the best of my knowledge)
This week’s reading highlights:
- Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Grandmother School by Rita Singh
- Mindy Kim, Class President by Lyla Lee (first chapter)
- Unicorns Are the Worst! by Alex Willan
Michala’s Reading
- House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess
Note: Annamarie and I had planned to take a friends vacation this year, but because Covid that did not come to fruition and I wound up with a LOT of vacation days. So to eat up some of that time, I took this past week off for my birthday and roadtripped home to Chicagoland. I honestly read 1 book, and am probably gonna have to read it again in a few weeks because brain retention during vacation is for naught. But look at some of the fun stuff from this week!
These books sound great, especially Black Brother, Black Brother and If You Go With Your Goat to Vote! I’m glad you had a fun vacation, Michala! Thanks for the great post!
If You Go with Your Goat to Vote is new to me. I usually try to get a pile to read around our house just before an election, so I’m glad to learn of a new one. Thanks for sharing!
That was a fun one! I think I was expecting it to me be more about how elections work, but instead it focuses on the different ways a grown-up might vote (with their child assisting of course!), which is still super helpful and a great way to introduce even the youngest to what they might experience at a polling place. Thanks for stopping by our blog!